Customs enforcement of import-export prohibitions ensures border compliance and enables confiscation for violations under allied legislation. Customs enforces prohibitions or restrictions on import and export under the Foreign Trade Policy and allied statutes at the border, verifying compliance with sectoral laws (for example environmental, wildlife and arms controls) and operationalising administrative rules. Contraventions implicate the penal framework of the Customs Act, 1962, making such goods liable to confiscation under the Act when prohibited by allied legislation.